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Word: legging (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...kind of people who at bottom believe, despite the educated words we might use in debate, that the rules do not apply to us. It is the same attitude that allows people to claim that it wasn't their fault that they broke Joey's leg during recess; Joey was provoking them, and they were just defending themselves, wouldn't you do the same thing? Or that it wasn't they who accepted campaign funds illegally, that they have no idea where that money came from, that it's perfectly legal, just look at this thousand-page brief...

Author: By Dara Horn, | Title: Playing by the Rules | 12/3/1998 | See Source »

...lady. She tried to work with us," Charlene recalls. "But she said, 'I've been teaching 40 years, and I've never seen a child like this.'" Adds Tim: "You could see Erin was trying to sit still, but she was trying all these different ways--rocking, lifting one leg, sitting on her hands." Because California law requires that schools provide appropriate education for each child, the parents met with school officials. After evaluating Erin, they said she was not a "special needs" child and could be treated in the classroom. "The only ones who did not believe that were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Age Of Ritalin | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

...Lethal Weapon movies with Mel Gibson, he is as vulnerable to physical ailments as any other 51-year-old. Three years ago, he could no longer ignore a misalignment in his left hip he has had since a childhood accident. "I had a muscle dysfunction," he says. "My right leg was weak, and my left leg was strong." Thanks to a rigorous fitness regimen that includes Pilates workouts five times a week, the condition has been corrected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life Stretchers | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

...standards went into effect this month. Women's shirts "must follow the body line," say the regulations. And women's shorts "must be tight in waist and length," with a maximum inseam of 5 cm and "cut in at least a 30[degrees] angle toward the top of the leg." No ruling on tans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Nov. 23, 1998 | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...Kremlin wants to revive the vice presidency scrapped by Yeltsin, and tap Primakov for the post. "As vice president, Primakov could take over as interim president until the 2000 elections," says TIME Moscow bureau chief Paul Quinn-Judge. And that would certainly give his candidacy a leg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Moscow in Post-Yeltsin Mode | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

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